Parish Registers, Demography and Historical Geography
A Case Study of the Parish of Macroom (1837-1896)
Keywords:
population, case study, history, registers, marriage, irelandAbstract
Despite the considerable amount of research carried out on population trends in nineteenth century
Ireland (Connell, 1951, 1962, 1965; Cousens, 1961, 1964; Kennedy, 1973; Lee, 1968; McKenna, 1974; Walsh, 1969, 1970), parish registers. have not been used to any great extent as a source material. With a view to examining the utilisation of, and the results that can be obtained from, this particular source, some register-based research undertaken by the author will be discussed (Flynn, 1984). It is hoped in so doing to highlight the merits and defects of parish registers as a source for social. historical, and geographical research.
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